As time passes , the more I realize it's all that really matters. All this, just about everything I write here, it's all about time. Time is the one thing we can never get back once it's gone.
Getting rid of your extra stuff... reducing commitments, simplifying your life... these are all just means to an end. The end? Getting more time, of course. The excess in your life sucks up your time, and that time is gone forever.
One of the worst things you can do to me is waste my time.
When you waste my time, you're taking something very important from me. Something that once you've taken it, I can never get it back.
Maybe it's only ten minutes that you wasted. Maybe it seems inconsequential to you. Maybe it is. But what if every person I interact with today wastes ten minutes of my time? Ten minutes times... I don't know... 20 people... that's 200 minutes. Over three hours.
Time matters. Efficiency matters. Being respectful of others' time matters. A lot.
I place an incredibly high value on my time. I value every minute. Whether I choose to do something important, or I choose to sit silently for that minute, so be it. It's my minute to spend as I choose. But don't even think about taking that minute. It's mine.